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265/50R19

265 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 133 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 29.4 inches tall.

133 mm sidewall748 mm · 29.4"
Sidewall
5.22"
133 mm
Overall
29.4"
747.6 mm
Circumference
92.5"
2.349 m
Revs per mile
685
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 7.5" and 9.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 255 mm across at the narrow end and 275 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 29.4×10.4R19 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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2 drivers have filed a complaint. 0 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

2 of them name what let go, and it is most often blowout. Goodyear is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blowout2

Where the wheel is named, 2 of 2 were on the rear, and 0 on the front.

What fits instead

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Same 19-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
245/55R1929.6" +0.6 %+2.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
285/45R1929.1" -1.1 %-4.3 mm59.3 mphside by side
255/50R1929.0" -1.3 %-5.0 mm59.2 mphside by side
275/50R1929.8" +1.3 %+5.0 mm60.8 mphside by side
255/55R1930.0" +2.1 %+7.8 mm61.2 mphside by side
275/45R1928.7" -2.3 %-8.8 mm58.6 mphside by side
245/50R1928.6" -2.7 %-10.0 mm58.4 mphside by side
285/50R1930.2" +2.7 %+10.0 mm61.6 mphside by side

Same height, different rim

Bigger rim, same overall height. Sharper steering, harsher ride, and far less rubber between your wheel and the next pothole.


265/45R20119 mm sidewall — 10% less
265/55R18146 mm sidewall — 10% more
295/40R20118 mm sidewall — 11% less
245/60R18147 mm sidewall — 11% more
235/50R20118 mm sidewall — 11% less
295/50R18148 mm sidewall — 11% more

Tires graded in this size

Longest-lasting tread first. The grade is set by the maker and checked by regulators.


TireTreadwearWet grip
PARAGON SCORPION VERDE ALL SEASON520A
Thunderer CELSIUS CUV520A
Michelin Primacy MXM4500A
CONTINENTAL 4x4Contact420A
Hankook veNtus evo3 SUV320AA
Nitto P ZERO300AA

If you fit something taller

A taller tire covers more ground per turn, so the needle reads low and the odometer counts short. Over ten thousand miles on the dial, the last column is what you really drove.


Fitted insteadReads 30Reads 50Reads 70Real miles per 10,000 shown
245/55R1930.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,060
285/45R1929.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,886
255/50R1929.6 mph49.3 mph69.1 mph9,866
275/50R1930.4 mph50.7 mph70.9 mph10,134
255/55R1930.6 mph51.0 mph71.5 mph10,207